Bona Nordicseal on red oak
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Comments (8)Yes, we just finished an entire first floor refinish of red oak with the Bona product. If you want an amber tone, try a nautral stain or find a very light stain before you topcoat. The natural stain wont add much color, but it will do more than just clearcoat. We always use a stain, whether it be natural or a color on all our cabinets, furniture, or floors....See MoreRed oak stairs - Do I install white oak floors or red?
Comments (95)@clairepope It's only been a year - so far they are perfect! After looking into the flooring situation I found that if a wood floor person says "it won't hold up in Florida" theirs won't! I found a highly recommended company that has experience with placing wood floors in the most humid environments Plenty of high-end homes have wood floors here so someone has to do it & do it well- just find "that" guy!...See MoreRubio or duraseal for refinishing red oak floors?
Comments (8)DuroSeal is manufactured by the same company that makes Minwax....DuraSeal is one step better than Minwax. And Minwax is considered low-grade DIY stuff. If you are going to do a water based finish, then you might as well go whole hog and work with the BEST OF THE BEST. The cost of a gallon of DuraSeal is roughly $80. The cost of the BEST stuff on the market = $180 - $200 per gallon. Ahhhhhh.....now you see why professionals like to work with DuraSeal....it costs MUCH less which means they make MUCH MORE. OK...so my bias against "just barely professional grade products" aside, a water based polyurethane (ahem...2 part European finish with ALL the costs attached to it) can be one of the best finishes on the market. The others = not so great. I wonder if all the complaints about water based poly "not lasting" comes down to CHEAP PRODUCT used by the refinishers rather than the category as a whole. Anyway, it is your decision. DuraSeal is one of the lowest rungs of the "professional grade" products you can buy. It can be use by any Tom, Dick and Harry-The-Floor-Guy with a sanding machine. The big boys on the block (worth 3 TIMES the amount as DuraSeal) are MUCH more difficult to work with!!! They take TRAINING (which means unpaid time off and travel to a foreign city to learn these things = EXTRA COSTS). Rubio is a premium finish as well. It takes training and lots of it. The sanding part is 3 TIMES more demanding than regular finishes. Which means your floor finisher MUST have 3 TIMES the skill with sander than "Harry the floor guy". Rubio also offers the benefit/drawback of homeowner maintenance. Good news is: homeowner can do all the maintenance/fixes themselves. Bad news is: homeowner has to do all the maintenance/fixes themselves. Your personal take on good-news/bad-news is all wrapped up in "personal expectations". I wouldn't trust DuraSeal to offer a longer lasting finish. I've seen better. I work with better. I know the real cost of a HIGH END finish...and DuraSeal doesn't even come close. Good luck. I would look at someone else if they push DuraSeal....See MoreHow to keep red oak floors light and natural?
Comments (17)My flooring guy said (and backed it up with a sample) that a water-based sealant with *no tint* (I think Bona ClassicSeal?) will slightly darken the floors and sort of intensify the variation (the sample boards almost looked wet to me). Bona NaturalSeal has a bit of white pigment (less than NordicSeal). We went with that because the sample board looked exactly like the bare sanded wood, which is what we wanted. Finished with three matte protective coats. LOVE...See MoreWendy Coster
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